Bangladesh’s missing billions, stolen in plain sight | FT Film

An estimated $234bn was allegedly plundered from Bangladesh during Sheikh Hasina's 15-year reign as prime minister. The FT talks to protesters, politicians, business people and experts about how the money was taken out of the country and what - if anything - can be done to get it back. #bangladesh #plunder #money #sheikhhasina #asia 00:00 - Introduction 00:59 - The fall of Sheikh Hasina 03:30 - Whitechapel - the centre of UK's Bangladeshi disapora 04:13 - London - a global centre for corrupt money 04:51 - Investigation into Tulip Siddiq 07:15 - Investigation into Saifuzzaman Chowdhury's property empire 08:22 - Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina 09:56 - The Hall of Mirrors 10:17 - The banking takeover 12:27 - Siphoning money out of Bangladesh 15:23 - The interim government 16:51 - S Alam and the banking crisis 17:33 - Politics and the prospect of elections in 2026 18:35 - Recovering the money 20:03 - Bangladesh's future prospects ► Enjoying FT content? Get a daily slice of the very best FT journalism with FT Edit. Free for 30 days then just £4.99 a month See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmen.... ► Check out our Community tab for more stories:    / @financialtimes   ► Listen to our podcasts: https://www.ft.com/podcasts ► Follow us on Instagram:   / financialtimes   ► Follow us on Instagram:   / financialtimes